Event

The Roommate

The RoommateDirected by David SinkusWritten by Jen SilvermanStarring Danielle Louise Reddick & Lisa FosterDates: Feburary 22 to March 11. Showtimes: Thursdays to Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays matinee at 3 pm*Special Event Saturday, February 24th includes pre show reception at 6:45 pm. Join us for complimentary refreshments and meet Director David Sinkus!

The Rose is excited to announce our first ART production of the 2018 Season, up and coming playwright Jen Silverman's two-woman show, The Roommate, opening February 22nd and running through March 11th.

Ms. Silverman's critically acclaimed coming-of-middle age story follows two women in their 50s. Sharon, a divorcee living in Iowa, is trying to figure out who she is after a bitter divorce. Lonely, she advertises for a roommate to help her fill up her days. But she doesn't exactly get the kind of roommate she expected: Robyn, a quirky and passionate woman from The Bronx with a mysterious past, who behaves in ways Sharon would never have imagined a woman of a certain age should act. Together they learn that its never too late to redefine yourself and change your life.

"Silverman is an emerging talent to be reckoned with. Particularly impressive is her unsentimental insight into the risks of radical reinvention: Sharon's belief that everybody wants to just burn it down and start over has potentially dangerous consequences for an Iowa divorcee or a nation, for that matter." -- LA Times